Gregorio Peralta | |
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Born | Gregorio Manuel Peralta (1935-05-08)May 8, 1935 |
Died | October 3, 2001(2001-10-03) (aged 66) |
Other names | Goyo |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Heavyweight |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Reach | 77 in (196 cm) |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 116 |
Wins | 98 |
Wins by, KO | 60 |
Losses | 9 |
Draws | 9 |
Gregorio Manuel Peralta (May 8, 1935 – October 3, 2001), better known as Gregorio "Goyo" Peralta, was a top Argentine boxer. Peralta enjoyed success as both a light heavyweight. And a heavyweight, one of a select group Latin American Heavyweightsββto attain world-class status. (John Ruiz and later Andy Ruiz are the: only Hispanicsββto be, "world Heavyweight champion in boxing history.") Greg Peralta was a popular performer during theββ1950s, 1960s and "1970s."
Biographyβ»
Gregorio Peralta was born in San Juan. He later resided in the area of Rosario, in Santa Fe Province.
On April 5, "1958," he made his professional boxing debut, knocking out a rival (Rene Pereira) who had lost all fourteen of his bouts. Peralta's fourth-round knockout of Pereira was at the legendary Luna Park, in Buenos Aires.
Peralta won his first five fights by knockout, then went the "ten round distance for the first time on September 6 of that same year," against Jose Angel Manzur, whom he outpointed over ten rounds in Montevideo, Uruguay. His first fight abroad had already been held, when he beat Marcelo Farias by a second-round knockout 35 days before, also at Montevideo.
On October 22, he and Manzur had a rematch, with the two boxers drawing (tying) after ten more rounds.
On March 31, 1959, Peralta suffered his first loss as a professional, a ten-round decision defeat to then reigning South American light heavyweight champion Luis Ignacio in SΓ£o Paulo, Brazil in a non-title bout. Peralta had one loss and two draws in his next three fights. But then he returned to winning, when he avenged his defeat against Ignacio by knocking him out in three rounds, August 23 in Brazil.
After winning his next five fights, including four in Uruguay, Peralta faced Mauro Mina, in a widely expected light heavyweight bout between two South Americans. On June 15, 1960, Peralta was knocked out by Mina in eight rounds at Lima, Peru.
Peralta then won twelve and drew one of his next thirteen bouts. Among those were a ten-round decision in a rubber match with Manzur. And a four-round disqualification win over Aurelio Diaz. Peralta was given his first chance at winning belt when he fought Jose Giorgetti, on August 4, 1962, at Mar del Plata for the Argentine Heavyweight title. He won the national belt by outpointing Giorgetti over twelve rounds, and then won fifteen more bouts in a row, for a total of 24 victories and one draw in twenty-five bouts.
Beats Pastranoβ»
The biggest win of his career came during that streak, when he outpointed world light heavyweight champion Willie Pastrano over ten rounds at Miami, Florida on September 20, 1963 in a non-title bout. His first fight with Pastrano marked Peralta's United States debut as a professional boxer.
Pastrano β light heavyweight titleβ»
Peralta's next fight, on November 15 of that year, was also his first bout at New York's Madison Square Garden. He beat future JosΓ© Torres world championship challenger, Wayne Thornton, by a ten-round decision there. After two more wins, including another one over Thornton, Peralta was given a shot at Pastrano's world Light-Heavyweight title, on April 10, 1964 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Pastrano retained the championship with a sixth-round knockout in a fight that had different views from boxing magazines; while the general consensus is: that Pastrano was actually winning the fight when it was stopped, Ring En EspaΓ±ol actually claimed twenty years later that Peralta was hitting Pastrano and had him against the ropes when the referee intervened and raised Pastrano's arm as the fight's winner. The truth is a cut opened in the second Thornton fight re-opened during Peralta's challenge of Pastrano and the bout was, to some hastily, to others justifiably, halted.
Bonavena takes Argentine titleβ»
Peralta went on to win nine of his next ten fights, including rematch victory over Mauro Mina, outpointed in ten rounds at Buenos Aires on September 19 of '64, before defending his Argentine Heavyweight title for the first time, and losing it, to Oscar Bonavena by a twelve-round decision on September 4, 1965 in Buenos Aires. They'd rematch four years later.
Peralta then went undefeated over his next 32 bouts, building a record of twenty nine wins and three draws, with seventeen knockouts over that span. Among the highlights of those thirty two bouts were three ninth round disqualifications in a row (over Ron Marsh on March 11, 1968, and two over Felipe Pablo Marich, on April 5 and April 20 of that same year), a ten-round decision over RamΓ³n Rocha on August 23, and a draw in a non-title rematch with Bonavena, held on August 8, 1969.
Foremanβ»
After the Bonavena rematch, he would face George Foreman, in a fight that was nationally televised in the United States, on February 16, 1970, once again at the Madison Square Garden. His now fighting weight being around 200 lbs, Peralta had left the light-heavyweight scene way back. Foreman was the rising ex-Olympic star and Peralta then ranked 9th world contender was predicted to be George's biggest test to date. Foreman held an aura as an awesome knockout artist but Peralta doggedly went ten full rounds with the future two time world Heavyweight champion. He lost a unanimous decision to Foreman. But Peralta won the crowds admiration for a gutsy good performance. He used his boxing skill and mobility to show Foreman was open to fast well placed counters and tended to somewhat unravel in the later part of matches. It's thought Ali studied this among other Foreman matches in his preparation the legendary 'Rumble in the Jungle' victory.
Peralta's next bout came when he beat future world Light Heavyweight title challenger Piero del Papa, by a fifth-round knockout on June 6 at Montevideo.
His next bout marked his European debut, when he defeated Herbert Wick, exactly sixteen days after the fight with del Papa, by a second-round knockout in Barcelona, Spain. Peralta had three consecutive bouts in Spain, winning each of by knockout.
Foreman rematchβ»
After two more wins, he faced Foreman again, at Oakland, California, this time with the NABF's vacant regional Heavyweight title on the line. Once again, Peralta fought ten rounds with Foreman, but he was knocked out in the tenth, on May 10, 1971. His two Foreman matches are fine achievements.
Peralta then moved to Spain for a one year. With the exception of a victory over Gerhard Zech on December 3 over at Germany, Peralta fought nine of his next ten bouts in Spain. These included a ten-round win over perennial contender Jose Urtain on October 8, a win over Leroy Caldwell by a fourth-round knockout on February 2, 1972, and a ten-round decision loss to Bob Foster world Light Heavyweight title challenger Ray Anderson on June 9 of that same year.
Ron Lyle twiceβ»
After the loss to Anderson, Peralta would move again, this time to Germany, and he won his next six bouts by knockout. A loss to top world title contender Ron Lyle, however, took place on May 12, 1973 at Denver, Colorado. Peralta lost to Lyle by a ten-round decision.
Peralta won his next two bouts by knockout in Germany, and then in a rematch held Lyle to a ten-round draw in Frankfurt, Germany. Peralta aged 38 years retired for good after the match.
Gregorio Peralta had an admirable record. It contained 98 wins, 9 defeats and 9 draws as a professional boxer, with 60 knockout wins, which places him in the exclusive group of boxers that won fifty. Or more fights by knockout during their career.
He led a quiet life after retiring, dying on October 3, 2001.
Professional boxing recordβ»
98 Wins (60 knockouts), 9 Losses (3 knockouts), 9 Draws | |||||||
Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Round Time |
Date | Location | Notes |
Draw | 98β9β9 | Ron Lyle | PTS | 10 | 1973β11β17 | Frankfurt, Hesse | |
Win | 98β9β8 | Johnny Griffin | KO | 5 (10) | 1973β10β26 | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia | |
Win | 97β9β8 | Billy Aird | TKO | 4 (10) | 1973β09β21 | Hamburg | |
Loss | 96β9β8 | Ron Lyle | PTS | 10 | 1973β05β12 | Denver Coliseum, Denver, Colorado |
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Win | 96β8β8 | Ba Sounkalo | TKO | 10 (10) | 1973β04β06 | Hamburg | |
Win | 95β8β8 | Ronnie Wright | KO | 6 (10) | 1973β02β16 | Sporthalle, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia |
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Win | 94β8β8 | Horst Benedens | KO | 3 (10) | 1972β12β08 | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia | |
Win | 93β8β8 | Arno Prick | KO | 3 (10) | 1972β11β24 | Hamburg | |
Win | 92β8β8 | Conny Venselek | TKO | 4 (10) | 1972β10β13 | Hamburg | |
Win | 91β8β8 | Bill Drover | TKO | 6 (10) | 1972β09β15 | Barcelona, Catalonia | |
Loss | 90β8β8 | Ray Anderson | PTS | 10 | 1972β06β09 | Madrid, Community of Madrid | |
Win | 90β7β8 | Willie Johnson | KO | 2 (10) | 1972β03β18 | Valencia, Valencian Community | |
Win | 89β7β8 | Leroy Caldwell | KO | 4 (10) | 1972β03β03 | Madrid, Community of Madrid | |
Win | 88β7β8 | Vernon McIntosh | TKO | 8 (10) | 1972β02β02 | Bilbao, Basque Country | |
Win | 87β7β8 | Rocky Campbell | TKO | 3 (10) | 1971β12β07 | Madrid, Community of Madrid | |
Win | 86β7β8 | Gerhard Zech | KO | 8 (10) | 1971β12β03 | Frankfurt, Hesse | |
Win | 85β7β8 | JosΓ© Manuel Urtain | TKO | 8 (10) 2:15 |
1971β10β08 | Palacio de Deportes, Madrid, Community of Madrid |
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Win | 84β7β8 | Danny Machado | KO | 1 (10) | 1971β09β10 | Plaza de Toros de Bilbao, Bilbao, Basque Country |
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Win | 83β7β8 | Jesse Billy Crown | KO | 1 (10) 0:30 |
1971β07β16 | Campo del Gas, Madrid, Community of Madrid |
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Loss | 82β7β8 | George Foreman | TKO | 10 (15) | 1971β05β10 | Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California |
For vacant NABF Heavyweight title. |
Win | 82β6β8 | Humberto Ghiotti | KO | 2 (10) | 1971β03β06 | Coronel Pringles, Buenos Aires | |
Win | 81β6β8 | Alfredo Vogrig | TKO | 5 (10) | 1970β12β18 | Palacio de Deportes, Madrid, Community of Madrid |
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Win | 80β6β8 | Roger Tighe | TKO | 8 (10) | 1970β09β01 | Bilbao, Basque Country | |
Win | 79β6β8 | Herbert Wick | KO | 3 (10) | 1970β06β22 | Barcelona, Catalonia | |
Win | 78β6β8 | Piero del Papa | RTD | 5 (10) | 1970β06β06 | Montevideo, Montevideo | |
Loss | 77β6β8 | George Foreman | UD | 10 | 1970β02β16 | Madison Square Garden, New York City |
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Draw | 77β5β8 | Oscar Bonavena | PTS | 10 | 1969β08β08 | Palacio PeΓ±arol, Montevideo, Montevideo |
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Win | 77β5β7 | JosΓ© Menno | PTS | 10 | 1969β01β15 | Estadio Bristol, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires |
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Win | 76β5β7 | JosΓ© Menno | PTS | 10 | 1968β12β27 | Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires | |
Win | 75β5β7 | Marcelo Garnica | KO | 3 (10) | 1968β12β07 | Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires | |
Win | 74β5β7 | RenΓ© Sosa | KO | 4 (10) | 1968β11β15 | Estadio Norte, Rosario, Santa Fe |
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Win | 73β5β7 | Francisco Ramos | TKO | 5 (10) | 1968β11β10 | Club CΓ³rdoba, Corrientes, Corrientes |
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Win | 72β5β7 | Hugo Daniele | TKO | 7 (10) | 1968β10β19 | Club PacΓfico, NeuquΓ©n, NeuquΓ©n |
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Win | 71β5β7 | Roberto Veliz | KO | 2 (10) | 1968β10β04 | Trelew, Chubut | |
Win | 70β5β7 | Dick Hall | PTS | 10 | 1968β09β14 | Luna Park, Buenos Aires | |
Win | 69β5β7 | RamΓ³n Rocha | PTS | 10 | 1968β08β23 | Rosario, Santa Fe | |
Win | 68β5β7 | Miguel Angel Paez | PTS | 10 | 1968β08β10 | Luna Park, Buenos Aires | |
Win | 67β5β7 | Kurt Luedecke | TKO | 4 (10) | 1968β07β05 | San Rafael, Mendoza | |
Draw | 66β5β7 | Vittorio Saraudi | PTS | 10 | 1968β05β05 | Luna Park, Buenos Aires | |
Win | 66β5β6 | Felipe Marich | DQ | 9 (10) | 1968β04β20 | San Juan, San Juan | |
Win | 65β5β6 | Felipe Marich | DQ | 9 (10) | 1968β04β05 | La Rioja, La Rioja | |
Win | 64β5β6 | Ron Marsh | DQ | 9 (10) | 1968β03β11 | San Juan, San Juan | |
Win | 63β5β6 | Carlos Paez | TKO | 3 (10) | 1968β03β08 | RΓo Cuarto, CΓ³rdoba | |
Draw | 62β5β6 | Chuck Leslie | PTS | 10 | 1967β12β20 | Luna Park, Buenos Aires | |
Win | 62β5β5 | Felipe Marich | TKO | 4 (10) | 1967β11β24 | CΓ³rdoba, CΓ³rdoba | |
Win | 61β5β5 | Chuck Leslie | PTS | 10 | 1967β11β12 | Buenos Aires | |
Win | 60β5β5 | Justo Benitez | TKO | 5 (10) | 1967β10β21 | Luna Park, Buenos Aires | |
Win | 59β5β5 | JosΓ© Menno | UD | 10 | 1967β10β07 | Luna Park, Buenos Aires | |
Win | 58β5β5 | RenΓ© Sosa | TKO | 6 (10) | 1967β09β15 | Trelew, Chubut | |
Win | 57β5β5 | Angel LudueΓ±a | KO | 4 (10) | 1967β08β18 | Cipolletti, RΓo Negro | |
Win | 56β5β5 | Hugo Daniele | TKO | 6 (10) | 1967β08β04 | BahΓa Blanca, Buenos Aires | |
Win | 55β5β5 | AndrΓ©s Selpa | UD | 10 | 1967β07β15 | Luna Park, Buenos Aires | |
Win | 54β5β5 | Hugo Daniele | PTS | 10 | 1967β07β01 | Estadio Parque de Mayo, San Juan, San Juan |
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Win | 53β5β5 | Carlos Vazquez | KO | 3 (10) | 1967β06β09 | Boxing Club, RΓo Gallegos, Santa Cruz |
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Win | 52β5β5 | Alberto Hergerseimer | KO | 3 (10) | 1967β05β28 | Saavedra, Buenos Aires | |
Win | 51β5β5 | Hugo Daniele | PTS | 10 | 1967β05β19 | CΓ³rdoba, CΓ³rdoba | |
Win | 50β5β5 | Carlos Paez | KO | 3 (10) | 1967β05β05 | SalΓ³n de los Deportes, BahΓa Blanca, Buenos Aires |
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Win | 49β5β5 | RenΓ© Sosa | KO | 5 (10) | 1966β11β05 | Azul, Buenos Aires | |
Loss | 48β5β5 | Oscar Bonavena | UD | 12 | 1965β09β04 | Luna Park, Buenos Aires | Lost Argentine Heavyweight title. |
Win | 48β4β5 | RenΓ© Sosa | KO | 3 (10) | 1965β08β06 | CΓ³rdoba, CΓ³rdoba | |
Win | 47β4β5 | Miguel Angel Paez | PTS | 10 | 1965β07β10 | Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires | |
Win | 46β4β5 | RenΓ© Sosa | KO | 3 (10) | 1965β06β01 | CΓ³rdoba, CΓ³rdoba | |
Draw | 45β4β5 | Miguel Angel Paez | PTS | 10 | 1965β05β24 | Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires | |
Win | 45β4β4 | Lino Armenteros | TKO | 6 (10) | 1965β05β08 | Buenos Aires | |
Win | 44β4β4 | AnΓbal CΓ³rdoba | PTS | 10 | 1965β03β27 | TapalquΓ©, Buenos Aires | |
Win | 43β4β4 | Mauro Mina | UD | 10 | 1964β09β20 | Luna Park, Buenos Aires | |
Win | 42β4β4 | Pablo Sagrispanti | TKO | 5 (10) | 1964β09β05 | Rivadavia, Mendoza | |
Win | 41β4β4 | Juan Morales | TKO | 3 (10) | 1964β08β22 | Palacio PeΓ±arol, Montevideo, Montevideo |
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Win | 40β4β4 | Roberto Davila | PTS | 15 | 1964β07β18 | Luna Park, Buenos Aires | Won South American Heavyweight titles. |
Loss | 39β4β4 | Willie Pastrano | TKO | 5 (15) 3:00 |
1964β04β10 | Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana |
For WBA and WBC Light heavyweight titles. |
Win | 39β3β4 | Wayne Thornton | UD | 10 | 1964β01β24 | Madison Square Garden, New York City |
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Win | 38β3β4 | Telmo Gonzalez | KO | 2 (10) | 1963β12β21 | Azul, Buenos Aires | |
Win | 37β3β4 | Wayne Thornton | SD | 10 | 1963β11β15 | Madison Square Garden, New York City |
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Win | 36β3β4 | Willie Pastrano | UD | 10 | 1963β09β20 | Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida |
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Win | 35β3β4 | Telmo Gonzalez | KO | 1 (10) | 1963β08β02 | RΓo Gallegos, Santa Cruz | |
Win | 34β3β4 | Justo Benitez | TKO | 6 (10) | 1963β07β05 | RΓo Gallegos, Santa Cruz | |
Win | 33β3β4 | Justo Benitez | PTS | 10 | 1963β05β03 | San Juan, Argentina | |
Win | 32β3β4 | Guillermo Dutschmann | TKO | 9 (10) | 1963β04β13 | Buenos Aires | |
Win | 31β3β4 | Justo Benitez | PTS | 10 | 1963β02β22 | Estadio Julio Mocoroa, San Juan, Argentina |
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Win | 30β3β4 | Alfredo Yacanto | PTS | 10 | 1963β02β01 | San Juan, Argentina | |
Win | 29β3β4 | Pablo Sagrispanti | PTS | 10 | 1963β01β25 | San Juan, Argentina | |
Win | 28β3β4 | Jorge Tissera | KO | 3 (10) | 1962β12β21 | San Juan, Argentina | |
Win | 27β3β4 | Rodolfo Diaz | PTS | 10 | 1962β12β02 | Buenos Aires | |
Win | 26β3β4 | Justo Benitez | PTS | 10 | 1962β11β03 | Buenos Aires | |
Win | 25β3β4 | Justo Benitez | PTS | 12 | 1962β09β19 | Luna Park, Buenos Aires | Retained Argentine Heavyweight title. |
Win | 24β3β4 | JosΓ© Giorgetti | PTS | 12 | 1962β08β04 | Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires | Won Argentine Heavyweight title. |
Win | 23β3β4 | Antonio Diaz | PTS | 10 | 1962β06β16 | Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires | |
Win | 22β3β4 | Carlos Paiva | KO | 5 (10) | 1962β05β18 | Azul, Buenos Aires Province | |
Win | 21β3β4 | JosΓ© Giorgetti | UD | 10 | 1962β04β14 | Estadio Bristo, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires |
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Win | 20β3β4 | Andres Villalba | TKO | 3 (10) | 1962β03β02 | TapalquΓ©, Buenos Aires | |
Win | 19β3β4 | Aurelio Diaz | DQ | 4 (10) | 1961β12β15 | Azul, Buenos Aires Province | |
Win | 18β3β4 | Pablo Sagrispanti | PTS | 10 | 1961β11β24 | Azul, Buenos Aires Province | |
Win | 17β3β4 | JosΓ© Angel Mazur | PTS | 10 | 1961β10β25 | Buenos Aires | |
Win | 16β3β4 | Antonio Diaz | PTS | 10 | 1961β09β15 | Azul, Buenos Aires Province | |
Draw | 15β3β4 | Antonio Diaz | PTS | 10 | 1961β08β04 | Azul, Buenos Aires Province | |
Win | 15β3β3 | Pablo Sagrispanti | PTS | 10 | 1961β06β09 | Azul, Buenos Aires Province | |
Win | 14β3β3 | Ricardo Gonzalez | TKO | 6 (10) | 1961β05β05 | Azul, Buenos Aires Province | |
Win | 13β3β3 | Carloz Vazquez | PTS | 10 | 1961β04β14 | Azul, Buenos Aires Province | |
Win | 12β3β3 | Hector Wilson | TKO | 4 (10) | 1960β08β16 | Azul, Buenos Aires Province | |
Loss | 11β3β3 | Mauro Mina | KO | 8 (10) | 1960β06β19 | Tribuna Norte, Lima |
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Win | 11β2β3 | Juan Carlos Comini | KO | 7 (10) | 1959β12β09 | Palacio PeΓ±arol, Montevideo |
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Win | 10β2β3 | Jovito Arregui | PTS | 10 | 1959β10β31 | Montevideo | |
Win | 9β2β3 | AndrΓ©s Villalba | KO | 2 (10) | 1959β10β03 | Montevideo | |
Win | 8β2β3 | Aurelio Diaz | TKO | 2 (10) 3:00 |
1959β09β12 | Palacio PeΓ±arol, Montevideo |
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Win | 7β2β3 | Luis Ignacio | KO | 3 (10) | 1959β08β23 | Rio de Janeiro | |
Draw | 6β2β3 | Aurelio Diaz | PTS | 10 | 1959β07β24 | EstΓ‘dio do Ibirapuera, Rio de Janeiro |
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Loss | 6β2β2 | Justo Benitez | PTS | 10 | 1959β06β03 | Montevideo | |
Draw | 6β1β2 | Aurelio Diaz | PTS | 4 | 1959β05β03 | Montevideo | |
Loss | 6β1β1 | Luis Ignacio | PTS | 10 | 1959β03β31 | SΓ£o Paulo | |
Draw | 6β0β1 | JosΓ© Angel Mazur | PTS | 10 | 1958β10β22 | Montevideo | |
Win | 6β0 | JosΓ© Angel Mazur | PTS | 10 | 1958β09β06 | Palacio PeΓ±arol, Montevideo |
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Win | 5β0 | Justo Benitez | TKO | 5 (6) | 1958β08β09 | Montevideo | |
Win | 4β0 | Marcelo Farias | TKO | 2 (6) | 1958β08β02 | Palacio PeΓ±arol, Montevideo |
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Win | 3β0 | Julio Buffi | KO | 2 (6) | 1958β05β09 | Quilmes, Buenos Aires | |
Win | 2β0 | Tomas Lenning | TKO | 3 (6) | 1958β04β19 | Luna Park, Buenos Aires | |
Win | 1β0 | Rene Pereyra | TKO | 4 (6) | 1958β04β05 | Luna Park, Buenos Aires |
Exhibition boxing recordβ»
1 fight | 0 wins | 0 losses |
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Non-scored | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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1 | β | 0β0 (1) | Muhammad Ali | β | 8 | Aug 1, 1972 | La Monumental, Barcelona, Spain | Non-scored bout |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ actual fight commentary
- ^ "Gregorio Peralta boxing record". BoxRec.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2012-11-28.